Concord Casimir’s Groundhog Day 2026 Prediction
Below, you can find the official news release for Concord Casimir‘s Groundhog Day 2026 prediction.
Concord Casimir says, “Sorry, the cold is not going away. Watch out for the Pierogi Vortex”
Concord Casimir made his much anticipated forecast this Monday at Ellison Creek Knob in Concord, Ohio. Casimir is predicting waves of unseasonably cold weather to continue to move into our area throughout the end of our winter.
Don’t put your “gacies” also known as long underwear away says Casimir.
How do we know this? It’s all in the way Casimir eats his pierogies, states John Niedzialek, Master of Ceremonies, and this year something seldom seen in pierogi forecasting happened. His pierogi split in half while eating. “That is a Pierogi Vortex folks and that means waves of cold will continue to split off from our polar region and head our way.”
We have all heard the meteorologists with their fancy terms like polar vortex, El Nino, and La Nina, but few have heard about the pierogi vortex until this year. His forecasts have been spot on for all of his career says Niedzialek, so why doubt him now.
Niedzialek and Casimir say we know that there is an animal in Pennsylvania that gets a lot of attention in predicting the weather but we don’t mention the “P” word around here. It’s kind of like Ohio State fans referring to “that team up north.” We just refer to that animal in Pennsylvania as ““”The Critter out East.” And quite honestly, he has not been very good at predicting the weather.
Niedzialek says he gets a lot of questions as to why Casimir eats a pierogi in making his flawless predictions. “My only answer is he was rescued as a tiny kitten at Polish St. Casimir Church, so what is he supposed to eat, a taco?”
Casimir is certainly a bit spoiled says Niedzialek and he complains about working one day a year but he does get excited knowing Mrs. T’s Pierogies will be waiting for him on February 2nd !
Casimir was found abandoned as a kitten on the footsteps of Historic St. Casimir Polish Church on Cleveland’s East side at what many are now calling “Cleveland’s Miraculous Polish Church” after it reopened on July 15, 2012. Perhaps it is just a coincidence, but Concord Casimir shares the same birthday of July 15. Is it divine intervention or is Casimir just that good? In any case, why would anyone listen to
a groundhog?
John Niedzialek is a weather enthusiast retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Niedzialek has been a part-time instructor at Lakeland College teaching Earth Science and Meteorology, is the 1994 Greater Cleveland Golf Champion, conducts erosion control inspections on construction sites, works part
time for the Lake County Soil & Water Conservation District, and volunteers at St. Casimir Church.
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